Experience of using radar satellite imagery data to create thematic maps
Abstract
Despite more than 30-year history of acquisition and application the radar images of the Earth are not so widely used for thematic mapping as images in the optical range. This fact is explained by their less availability until recently, and the complexity of visual analysis and processing. The rapid increase of the open radar data amount after the launch of Sentinel-1 satellites determines the timeliness of studies aimed at developing the techniques of radar data use for thematic mapping. The results of studies carried out recently at the Laboratory of Aerospace Methods involving the radar data from the Radarsat-2 and Sentinel-1 satellites are presented. Several case studies covering different territories and areas of research, such as agricultural lands in the Volga River delta, dynamics of relief of the Tolbachinsky Dol (Kamchatka), modern natural-territorial complexes of the Kotelny Island (the New Siberian Islands), demonstrate the possibility of obtaining new characteristics of the objects. The variety of radar data types, including multipolarization and multi-temporal, as well as interferometric data, makes it possible to use the variability of objects state and the geometric properties of the surface for describing and mapping of territories. Techniques for radar data processing have been developed, aimed at creating the thematic maps. The possibility of creating maps on the basis of proposed methods is validated.
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Supporting agencies: The study was in part financially supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (projects № 18-05-60221 and 18-07-00816).
About the Authors
E. A. Baldina
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Faculty of Geography, Department of Cartography and Geoinformatics, Laboratory of Aerospace Methods and Remote Sensing, Leading Scientific Researcher, PhD. in Geography
Russian Federation
Faculty of Geography, Department of Cartography and Geoinformatics, Laboratory of Aerospace Methods and Remote Sensing, Leading Scientific Researcher, PhD. in Geography
P. G. Mikhaylyukova
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Faculty of Geography, Department of Cartography and Geoinformatics, Laboratory of Aerospace Methods and Remote Sensing, Leading Engineer, PhD. in Geography
Russian Federation
Faculty of Geography, Department of Cartography and Geoinformatics, Laboratory of Aerospace Methods and Remote Sensing, Leading Engineer, PhD. in Geography
K. A. Troshko
Institute of Geography, RAS
Russian Federation
Laboratory of Cartography, Junior Scientific Researcher, PhD. in Geography
Russian Federation
Laboratory of Cartography, Junior Scientific Researcher, PhD. in Geography
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Baldina E.A., Mikhaylyukova P.G., Troshko K.A. Experience of using radar satellite imagery data to create thematic maps. Lomonosov Geography Journal. 2019;(4):110-118. (In Russ.)
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